#AE2B32#AE2B32

#AE2B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.167 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE2B32
RGB	rgb(174, 43, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 71.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.51, 52.55, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.51, 59.77, 28.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% 0.1537 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.167 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8973, 10.9596, 4.1374)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE2B32 #2BAEA7

analogous

#AE2B73 #AE2B32 #AE662B

triadic

#AE2B32 #32AE2B #2B32AE

tetradic

#AE2B32 #73AE2B #2BAEA7 #662BAE

square

#AE2B32 #73AE2B #2BAEA7 #662BAE

split-complementary

#AE2B32 #2BAE66 #2B73AE

monochromatic

#4C1316 #7D1F24 #AE2B32 #D1454D #DD767C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#AE2B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#AE2B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE2B32

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE2B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE2B32	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae2b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 43, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.167 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6f6a',
    500: '#ae2b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae2b32;
$custom-light: #ce6f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae2b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49891,
    "c": 0.16706,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE2B32

secondary

#70C5C0

accent

#E4DB44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE2B32

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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